Visible-front magazine-holder



ELVAY J'. MUFFLEY, OF DECATR, ILLINOIS.

VISIBLE-FRONT MAGAZIN E-I-IOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application led April 19, 1919. Serial No. 291,278.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be itknown that I, ELVAY J. MUrFLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Visible-FrontMagazine-Holders, of which the following isa specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to holders such as are used for holding magazinesin the reading rooms of libraries and under like circumstances, andparticularly to holders of that character comprising front and backboards between which a magazine is placed, and means temporarily bindingthe magazine between said boards.

The general object of this invention is to provide a magazine holder ofthis character so constructed that the cover of the magazine may bedisplayed, thus displaying the name of the'magazine, the date, and' bydisplaying the cover design of the magazine, making it more attractiveto readers and making more obvious the character of the magazineimmediately a person takes it up.

A further object is to provide a construction ofV this character whereinthe front board or coverof the holder is formed with a pocket withinwhich the front page of the cover ofthe magazine may be disposed, thispockethaving a transparent cover extend'- ing across it through whichthe design, namev and other data on the outside surface of the frontsheet may` be observed, this transparent-'material protecting the coverof the magazine from injury.

Still another obj ect is to provide a holder of this character whereinthe front of the holder is formed by a sheet of relatively heavypasteboard, an exterior layer` of textile fabric forming a pocket withinwhich the front cover sheet of the magazine may be exposed, and providedwith a transparent sheet through which the front cover sheet may bedisplayed.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is a perspective view of a magazine holderlconstructed in accordancewith my invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the front cover thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the magazine holdercomprises what I will term a back board 2 lwhich is made of heavypasteboard, a front board 3 which is also made of heavy pasteboard, andlongitudinally extending strips 4 and 5 of heavy pasteboard, wood, orother suitable material formed with perforations at intervals throughwhich a fastening lace 6 may be passed, this fastening lace beingdesigned to pass through perforations in the magazine, though thefastening lace might also extend longitudinally of the magazine betweenthe leaves thereof.

The back board 2 is preferably exteriorly covered by a cover of textilefabric 7 which is pasted to the back board and extends over the strip 5and adjacent' thereto so as to form a hinge between the strip 5 and theboard 2. The front board 3, however, is differently constructed. Thereis an eX- terior covering of textile fabric, designated 8, which extendsover the outer surface of the board 3 and over the edges of the strip iand is folded inward at its margins and pasted or otherwise caused toadhere to the board 3. The central portion of the fabric 8, however, isnot pasted or otherwise attached to the board 3, and the inner margin 9of the cloth is left unattached to the board 3. Thus, a pocket 10 isformed having an area practically the same as the board 3, this pockethaving an opening between the rear edge of the board 3 and the strip 4L.l

The central portion of the cover 8 is cut l away, as at' 11, preferablytoprovide an upper opening and a lower opening divided by a cross web12, the upper opening being adapted to display the title, the date,etc., of the magazine, while the lower opening will display the coverdesign of the magazine. Disposed against the inner face of the fabric 8is a sheet 13 of transparent celluloid or like material which, at itsmargins, is stitched to the margin of the opening 11 by stitches 14,these stitches also extending across the web 12.

In the use of this holder, the front cover page of the magazine isinserted into the pocket 10 through the opening between the boards 3 and4, the body of the magazine being connected to the cover in the mannerpreviously stated, and thus the cover design of the magazine, togetherwith the name, date, etc., is observable through the Celluloid sheet,While being entirely protected thereby.

This holder protects the cover of a magazine or periodical from wear,from dirt, and from being torn, yet at the same time it exposes thetitle of the magazine, the date of the magazine, and the cover design ofthe magazine and thereby makes the periodical or magazine moreattractive when placed in racks or on tables, and aids in locating themagazines in the racks or on tables when they are required. Furthermore,the back and front boards support flexible magazines or periodicals sothat they will stand up in the magazine racks found in libraries, hotelsand reading rooms, and makes themv more easily held while reading,While, of course, acting to prevent themagazine from being crumpled,dog-eared, folded, or torn.

I am aware that it has been heretofore proposed to provide holders formagazines in which pockets are formed for the front and rear coversheets or pages of the magazine, this being the means whereby themagazine is held in place between the covers. This construction,however, does not provide for any transparent sheet through which thecover design, title, and date of publication may be read. In otherwords, in the proposed construction, the pockets are formed on theinside of the back and front boards, whereas in my construction, apocket having a transparent wall is formed upon the outside of the frontboard. Again it has been proposed to provide a holder for magazines,periodicals, etc., in which the front board of the cover is formed withan opening through which the title may be read, but in order to do this,the front cover board must be cut away` to a large extent, and thisweakens the paste-` board, of which the front cover board is made andrenders it impractical and liable to become bent, broken, and creased.rIhe board is so weakened that it is not stilil enough to stand roughusage for any length of time. It is to be noted also that the celluloidsheet is stitched to the teXtile fabric at the margin of the displayopening and thus is very strongly held to this textile fabric withoutany chance of its becoming detached therefrom, which would not be thecase were adhesive used for attaching these materials to each other.

I claim 1. A holder for magazines, etc., having a back board and a frontboard, flexibly connected to each other, the front board having attachedto its margins a piece of textile fabric formed with a display opening,a sheet of thin, transparent material attached to the fabric around themargins of the display opening, the fabric being disposed upon theexterior face of the cover board, and a pocket being formed between thefabric and thercover board, the pocket opening on the inside face of thecover board.

2. A holder fo-r magazines and the like comprising back and front coverboards and coacting, longitudinally extending strips, textile fabricconnecting one of said strips to the back board, textile fabric attachedat its margins tothe front board and extending over the outer facethereof and beyond the inner edge of the front board and attached to theother of said strips, means detachably connecting the strips to eachother, the fabric on the exterior of the front board being cut away toform a relatively large display opening, and a sheet of transparentmaterial extending over said display opening and attached to the fabricaround the margin of the opening, the 'fabric and the transparent sheettogether forming the outer wall of a pocket of which the front boardforms the back, said pocket opening upon the inside face of the frontboard at the joint between the front board and its coacting strip.

3. A holder` for magazines, etc., having a front formed to provide apocket to receive the front page of the cover of a magazine, said pockethaving a transparent front wall through vwhich the cover may beobserved.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ELVAY J. MUFFLEY. Witnesses: I l

CHARLES BOOTH, E.V F. BURKET.

